Sustainability
"The science is clear: we need to halve our emissions by 2030 to deliver a zero-carbon world in time. This requires immediate action from across the world, by the largest governments and the smallest companies. The partnership between the UK government and the SME Climate Hub will accelerate the adoption of net-zero business practices and bring companies of all sizes into the critical Race to Zero".
UK High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26 Nigel Topping
Sustainability Targets
Greener transport
In the short to medium term, I intend to move to a fully electric or hybrid vehicle, reducing my carbon emissions. In the meantime, I have offset the carbon from my business miles.
Timescale: 12 months to 3 years
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Minimise the use of paper and stationery
This goes for invoices, bills, communications, and other stationery such as sticky labels, pens, etc. Only print files when necessary for tuition. I have moved to a model of using Teams, Google Classroom, or other digital technology and have limited paper handouts and worksheets where possible. I will aim to source the most sustainable and recyclable stationary, reducing single-use items where possible.
Timescale: 12 months
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Tuition content
Whenever possible use green topics and examples to illustrate points.
Timescale: 3 Months
Coffee
If you know me you know that I love coffee. All the coffee I buy is purchased from small, independent roasters using efficient roasters and purchasing beans directly from farmers or co-operatives. I will further reduce the impact of my habit by purchasing only from suppliers with compostable, reusable or recyclable packaging. As well as composting my grounds at home, I will also compost grounds at work.
Timescale: 6 months
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Carbon Offsetting

I take my responsibility to reduce my carbon footprint seriously. As well as making choices such as going paperless where possible and using reusable pencils rather than coloured pens containing plastic that are single-use, I have looked at the largest contributor to my COâ‚‚, transport. In the medium term, I aim to move to fully electric.
In the interim, I have offset the emissions from my business mileage for the first half of this tax year by funding a plant in Brazil that captures methane from landfill sites.
Landfills emit methane as organic waste decomposes, a potent greenhouse gas with 34 times the effect of COâ‚‚ over 100 years. Methane emissions from landfills account for 12% of global totals. Capturing this methane and using it to generate electricity or heat prevents it from leaking into the atmosphere. This offers a twofold climate benefit: reducing harmful methane emissions and displacing the use of fossil fuels like coal, oil, or natural gas.